About a few days ago, Chen Qimei of the League mobilized the Shanghai Business Group, the Youth Gang, and some young people to start an uprising with the revolutionaries in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and soon recovered Shanghai. At the same time, Chen Qimei was also elected as the governor of the Shanghai Army, leading the Shanghai Military Administration.

Most of the people were still happy about the liberation of Shanghai, and only a small number of 'old and young' who were loyal to the Qing court were extremely hostile to it. However, none of this could change the fate of the collapse of the Qing court, after all, these things happened entirely because of the Qing court's own doing.

In the days after the liberation of Shanghai, the streets were almost everywhere with marching crowds.

Old people, young people, children, and even many women who don't usually go out, sat by the window and watched everything below, and Urgat was sincerely happy for them—————— which was impossible.

"Looks like it's going to be messed up for a while..."

The thought of the chaos that this has caused gives Urgart a headache.

From a certain point of view, these foreigners are probably the most reluctant to want chaos in China. After all, if China becomes chaotic, then they really don't know who to sell their goods to, of course, there are some businessmen who foresee the demand for weapons in China's future chaotic situation, but they can't just sell weapons, right?

"Hell, it seems that there is no need to count on a profit at the end of this year, and I don't know how to talk to those shareholders...... Because a bunch of hellish guys are making a revolution? Those guys won't accept that..."

Standing up from the window, he suddenly felt that the celebration under the window had become very noisy. Reaching out to close the window, Urgart walked back to his desk and pulled out a newspaper. However, the newspapers were full of news about the revolution.

In the end, there was no other way, and Urgart had to take out a novel from the shelf, which was the "Elven Bloodline" in the "Forgotten Realms" series.

Eight years. Yan Shao had almost filled in the pit he had dug in the past.

The Lord of the Rings, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Chronicles of Narnia, Tales of Earthsea, The War of Rhode Island, and many more...

There was only one "Forgotten Country" that was never filled because the series was so long. In addition to the earliest Dark Elves, there are Icewind Dale, Elven Bloodline, Priest Pentalogy, Dark Path, Hunter's Blade, Transition Trilogy, and Winterfell to name a few...

Now Yan Shao no longer needs to make money by copying the novels of later generations, but it is not his character to dig a hole but not fill it. Anyway, in addition to being busy with the affairs of the military government, he also has a lot of free time, and there are few entertainment programs in this era, so he can't go to Bangbang every day, so Yan Shao will also find some time to write—————— Of course. The main thing is that someone forced him to write, to be honest, he really had some code to the point that he wanted to vomit.

After all the other pits have been filled. Now Yan Shao only needs to fill in one "Forgotten Country", and now this pit Yan Shao has only filled in the first part of "Pastor Five Parts" "Ode to Darkness"...

As for the latter ones, it will be a long, long time.

But Urgarte doesn't know this, for people of this era. The so-called entertainment is in addition to some social activities. There are only a few items left, such as reading.

As the manager of Lihe Foreign Company, reading has become one of Urgarte's biggest hobbies.

In addition, the novels written by Yan Shao (copied) are each of them classics and even epics, and his bookshelves have long been filled with novels written by Yan Shao.

After opening the first "Bloodline" of "Elven Blood", Urgart soon fell into a sea of words.

"Drow outcasts Dinen carefully sneaks through the streets of the Drow city of Morsoblay, a seasoned warrior who has been an outcast without a family for nearly twenty years, and knows all too well the dangers of the city and how to avoid them..."

It's easy to forget the passage of time when you read. If you can immerse yourself in it, otherwise reading will definitely be a lifelong task for other people. Ergarte clearly falls into the former category. So when there was a knock at the door, more than two hours had passed.

Listening to the knock on the door, Urgart closed the book in his hand and raised his voice to the door. "Come in..."

Permission was obtained, and the door was quickly opened. Coming in from the outside was a very young man, who seemed to be in his early twenties, with short brown hair and light blue eyes, and was tall and thin, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that it was Blair, Urgart looked up and asked, and at the same time felt a little helpless in his heart.

Since going to Yan Shao's place, Urgat has also thought about getting a female secretary for himself, even if he can't eat it, it's an eye-catching thing to look at. It's a pity that his wife is too powerful, so he can only invite such a young man over—————— but his wife obviously doesn't know that the young man can also pick up soap.

"That's right," Blair quickly replied when he heard Urgat's question about his purpose. Just sent a telegram from Anqing, the boss of the Yushi Group, who is now the governor of Anhui, Yan Shao, invited us and several other foreign companies to Anqing, saying that there was a big business to talk to us..."

"Anqing?!"

Hearing that it was Yan Shao, Urgat was slightly surprised.

Yan Shao has recovered Anqing, and he has established himself as the governor of Anhui, of course, Ergat knows the way, or he must know the way. Because at this time, Yan Shao had become the largest trading partner of Lihe & Co. in China, and this was also true for Jardine Matheson.

At present, the trade between several of the largest European foreign companies in Shanghai and Yushi Group is not limited to simple exports, but also accompanied by imports.

For example, cars...

The car factory in Wuhu produces more than 10,000 cars per month, and in addition to selling so many cars to Japan, Europe and the United States are also major dumping grounds.

However, the United States does not care, after all, Yan Shao also has some industries and relationships there, such as Coca-Cola and Gillette, two well-known brands. But in Europe, Yan Shao doesn't know anyone, after all, there are too many countries on the European continent.

So want to sell cars in Europe. There is a need for some dealers, and Lihe Foreign Firm, which is a European foreign firm in China, is undoubtedly a ready-made dealer.

At present, the vast majority of the cars sold by automobile factories to Europe, except for France, are sold through Lai Ho & Co. and Jardine Matheson. As for France. It's through Mr. and Mrs. Tarris.

After all, if Yan Shao and Elaline get married, they will be Yan Shao's relatives, and when Yan Shao was in Marseille, the relationship between Yan Shao and them was also very good, and he always had to take care of them.

Nowadays, the raindrop cars produced by the car factory are known as 'civilian cars' in Europe because of their low price, and they are extremely popular, and Taris is still able to make ten times as much profit as the publishing house from them, even though he is only a dealer.

Before the Wuchang uprising. Lihe & Co. and Jardine Matheson & Co. have even considered asking Yan Shao to increase the output of European cars. Because according to their statistics, even just selling this kind of car can bring them more than a million profits per year, which is already quite a lot of income.

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"Rain Stone Group..."Ergart, who is having a headache about the profitability of foreign banks this year. I was also overjoyed when I heard the news, and hurriedly asked. "Did he say what kind of business it was?"

"This—" Blair hesitated. No, the telegram just said to let you go, and you will know the way after a trip..."

"That's except for us. What else is there for foreign companies? ”

This Blair is a matter of knowledge. So quickly replied. "There are British Jardine Matheson and American ......", all of which are similar in scale to Lihe and foreign companies, or have close contacts with Yushi Group in the past.

"It seems that this competition is not easy...", thinking so, Ergart said to Blair. Prepare a ticket for me to Anqing...", Ergart said as he began to pack up his salute.

Blair, who was on the side, also nodded when he heard his words. "I'll do it." After saying that, he turned around and drove out of Urgat's office.

About an hour later, Ergarte, who had everything ready, took Blair and a few foreign people and left on a passenger ferry to Anqing. On passenger liners. Coincidentally, he also met several other people from foreign firms.

Although it will be a little embarrassing to meet competitors. But Ergart and the others are also a mature group of people after all, so they did not sneer at each other, but took the initiative to get together and talk, and the topic of discussion was the revolution that was currently taking place in China and their purpose this time.

As for their views on the current tensions in Europe, these people are quite sensible and do not touch the subject, because they know very well that if they talk about it, it will only lead to quarrels and hostilities...

"But the governor of Anhui—" a manager from an American foreign company chuckled, holding a wine glass in his hand. It seems that our Chinese friend has a lot of plans..."

Ergarte recognized him, and although Yan Shao also had a lot of industries in the United States, if he wanted to transport cars to the United States, he still needed a ship. And those ships were arranged by the foreign bank in front of him.

Because of this, I heard that this foreign company has made a lot of money from it.

"Yes, the governor of Anhui..."The manager of another foreign company also said in a slightly envious tone after taking a light sip of the wine in the glass. It has jurisdiction over more than 20 million people..."

"What? Envious? A young white man standing next to him laughed and scolded.

And the slightly envious manager just now smiled bitterly. "I was just wondering what I was doing when I was 28..."

Hearing him say this, everyone present fell silent.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about this business, although after we get to Anqing, we will become competitors, but at least at this time we can still get together for a drink..."

"yes..."

"Drink bar..."

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Outside the city of Anqing, a long dragon is lining up in front of a wooden shed that has just been built.

Several officials of the Ministry of Military Affairs sat under the wooden shed, holding a register in their hands, and several doctors were also standing beside them, also holding a notebook in their hands to record something.

"What's your name?"

Sitting behind the desk and looking up at the young man standing in front of him, Wu Qianqiu raised his voice and asked.

"My name is Tong Shishi...", Tong Shishi replied.

Listened to the name. Wu Qianqiu didn't record his name like others, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly and asked softly. "How old are you?"

“18…”

Hearing Tong Shishi answer. Not only Wu Qianqiu, but even several other people laughed. There was even a loud laugh in the long dragon behind Tong Shishi.

Because no matter how you look at it, the childish Tong Stone doesn't look like he is 18 years old, and there are more people who say that he is 13 years old.

"Forget it, you better come back in another 5 years..."Shaking his head helplessly, Wu Qianqiu said to Tong Shishi, and waved his hand after speaking. Motioning for the next person to step forward.

Seeing that he was not admitted, Tong Shishi suddenly became anxious, but he didn't wait for him to say anything. A young man in his early 20s behind him had grabbed his arm and pushed him out of the queue.

"Name?"

"Niuda..."

"Age?"

“21。”

"Where?"

"Zhaojiatun, Huaining County..."

After asking carefully, after making sure that there was no problem, Wu Qianqiu nodded. Motioned for him to step aside for examination.

On the side. Several doctors had already finished the examination of the previous person, and seeing that Niu Da had passed, they hurriedly beckoned him to show him sure enough. Then he was examined in great detail, mainly to check his height, weight, cardiopulmonary ability, and vision, and most importantly, to ask if he had any experience of smoking opium—————— although after looking at Niu Da's sturdy body and shabby clothes, they did not think that he could have such an experience.

Many people in Anhui know that the existing patrol battalions, new troops, and patrol regiments under the command of the Anhui Military Government will take this opportunity to be reorganized into three divisions plus one regiment. But people can't be conjured up in a vacuum. What's more, compared with the establishment of three divisions and one regiment, the Anhui Army now has a huge gap of almost 25,000 men.

In other words. Recruitment became the only solution.

Zhang Ying and Bai Runshan set off with people almost on the front foot, and Yan Shao had already ordered people to recruit recruits in several cities such as Anqing, Wuhu, Dangtu and Tongling. The criteria for recruitment, as in the New Army, are stricter.

First of all, the literate first, the physically fit first, the innocent first, and so on and so forth...

The most important thing is that you should never take drugs.

This is true not only for new recruits, but also when patrolling regiments.

When the patrol regiment, patrol team and guard were established, Yan Shao strictly stipulated that no one should smoke opium and other drugs, and those who violated the order were directly expelled from the army and never hired...

In the early days of the establishment of the patrol team, because of the generous treatment, there were also several opium smokers and even officers. But once discovered, they were directly expelled from the city, even if they found favors, it was useless, with these examples, no one in the patrol team and the guard dared to smoke opium, and even the newly established patrol regiment was vigilant because of the fact that they knew the road.

On the other hand, although the regulations for the newly recruited army are very strict, because of Yan Shao's good reputation in Anhui and the preferential treatment of the army, the people in Anhui are still very enthusiastic when they join the army.

In just a few days, the military government has recruited more than 5,000 troops at the recruitment points in various cities, and it is believed that it will be able to recruit all the more than 25,000 people needed in less than a month.

When they disembarked from the ship and passed by a recruiting point, they saw the scene of people enthusiastically applying in front of the recruiting point.

Seeing this scene, whether it was Urgat or others, they could more or less guess Yan Shao's purpose.

"It seems that this time you came to us for this matter..."

Thinking so, the pace of the Ergart people quickened a lot.

"Gentlemen, please come here..."Several military government officials who had been waiting for a long time saw Urgat and them, and hurriedly stood up to block their way.

"Who are you?"

"We were specially sent by the military government to pick you up, and the car is over there...", pointing to a row of cars in the distance, the young man led by him smiled kindly.

Looking at the logo of the Rainstone Group hanging on the car, Urgat and the others nodded, convinced that it was indeed the Rainstone Group.

"Where are you all now?"

"The Governor is waiting for you at the Governor's Mansion, so you just need to follow us..."

Hearing him say this, Urgat and the others no longer hesitated, but followed the young man into the car. However, before boarding the car, Urgart and the others looked at the cars that greeted them.

A couple of completely different cars from the 'raindrop' car ...

"These cars are—" After boarding the car, noticing that even the comfort of the car was much better than that of similar cars, Urgart asked the young man sitting in the passenger seat.

For Urgat, the car is far better than similar cars in terms of appearance and comfort. This was shared by several other people in the car, but it wasn't surprising. As a person from later generations, Yan Shao may not remember any high-tech, but he has his own unique views on the comfort of life.

Some places are even just a matter of detail, but they are extremely new to the people of this era and bring greater comfort.

"This is 'Liulan', an upgraded version of 'Raindrop', because this car has not yet been mass-produced, so it is only supplied to the group for the time being, of course, it is now used within the military government..."

Hearing the questions of the Ergarth, the young man replied with a smile.

At his words, Urgat pondered. At the same time, in several other cars, the heads of other foreign companies also thought of something after hearing the answers of the drivers in their respective cars...

"It seems that this time I came to Anqing, not only to discuss a business..."After half a sound, Ergarte, who had come back from his contemplation, said silently in his heart. (To be continued......)